TEXAS DON

Sold at three and a half years old (March 2001)to run on the flaps for $20,000(that may be Pounds?) he won Three Flapping Derbies and was rarely beaten, breaking the track record at Armadale, (Scotland), which had been previously held by the highly esteemed and SOME PICTURE, a winner of the English & Irish Derby's.

TRACK RECORD BREAKER

over 530m at Armadale, Scotland, which was previously held by SOME PICTURE - winner of the English & Irish Derbies.

Texas Don's Performance

65 - 31 - 16 - 15

ONLY UNPLACED 3 TIMES -

Won from 300m to 550m - Terrific Early Pace

17.90 Nottinham(TR 17.85) WON 12 FFA's

Family Performance

HIS SIRE: THORGILL TEX - by Amerigo Man

Track Record Bendigo, Broke Shepparton sectional Records, Won THREE Cup races, Shepparton, Bendigo & Ledgerwood Puppy Classic. Shepparton GOY . In Ireland , rated 6th on Irish Sires Table & sired 385 litters and is the sire of Irish National Sprint winner - FACT FILE.

HIS LITTER:

Judicial Pride -

Won Irish Derby - UNBEATEN, Track record 550m Shelbourne, Track Record 525m Newbridge - Top 5 Sire in Ireland.

Blue Tex -

Winner of Pride Of The West Group 2 - Eclipse Stakes Group 1 Harry Holmes Group 2 and was runner up in the Olympic 01 Runner Casco Derby 1999, Finalist Olympic 2000, Finalist Midland Flat, Semi Finalist ENGLISH DERBY, Finalist Kent Derby and now a leading sire in England.

Don's Express:

Runner Up Tote Gold Cup.

Walk On Grass:

Won 10 Open races NGRC.

Now that's a successful litter !!!!

HIS DAM: Don's Pride - IRISH BROODBITCH OF THE YEAR

She recorded 17.99 & 28.99 Old Track Tralee, extremely fast times. A Finalist in the prestigious Kerri Agri Business Stake, but broke a leg soon after and was kept for breeding, with instant results, as her first litter to Thorgill Tex were sensational.

Her next litter to TOP HONCHO produced Clover Top, winner of the Champion Stakes Track Record Romford 575m as well as breaking the Brighton & Hove 515m , recording 29.45. Clover Top was also a Finalist in the Puppy Derby, Racing Post Derby and the Midland Flat Derby & overall won 10 NGRC Opens. Another of the litter was Judicial Post who set an Irish National Record at Limerick as a puppy, and subsequently won the Golden Muzzle Stakes at Limerick and accorded to be the fastest son of TOP HONCHO.

Yet another of the litter was "The dog $250,000 couldn't buy" FORTUNE MIKE - winner of the $ 100,000 Irish Puppy Derby in the fastest time of the year plus the $30,000 Lee Strand 550 Final. A Greyhound of the Year nominee he raced 13 times and broke the magic 29.00 barrier 13 times !! The only bitch in the litter was Don's Beauty who won the Consolation Irish Oaks as well as many races.

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Thorgill Tex	Amerigo Man	Brother Fox	Little Blade
			Pitstock Park
		Promises Free	Temlee
			Tara Silk
	Thorgill Midge	Chariot Supreme	Waverly Supreme
			Mixed Blessings
		Proven Memory	Tempix
			Oddsome
Don's Pride	Murlen's Slippy	I'm Slippy	Laurdella Fun
			Glenroe Bess
		Murlen's Chill	Daring Dandy
			Slight Chill
	Annamore Doll	Kyle Jack	Oran Jack
			Barbra
		Velvet Doll	Daley's Gold
			Fawn Whisper